Following the decision of the United Nations International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, that the detention of 24 Ukrainian sailors by Russia in the Kerch Strait near the occupied Crimea in November, is illegal, Ukraine demanded Russia to release them. However, the Moscow city court has left all the detained sailors in custody.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Hromadske: No sign of release for 24 Ukrainian sailors held in Russia
A family picture showing Andriy Oprysko (R), a 47-year-old able seaman, one of 24 Ukrainian sailors who have been held captive by Moscow since the incident on Azov Sea, posing with his son Andriy Oprysko, is pictured at their house in Naditychi willage, not far from western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Nov. 29, 2018.
